zig
German, number/tsɪç/
zig is spelled Z-I-G (3 letters) and appears 4.5 times per million words in written German, the 13,339th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zig is a German number meaning “umpteen, tens of, dozens of (an unspecified number, usually between 10 and 100)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does zig mean in English?
number
- 1
umpteen, tens of, dozens of (an unspecified number, usually between 10 and 100)
Der Verkäufer hat mir zig verschiedene Modelle gezeigt.
suffix
- 1
-ty; used to form numerals denoting multiples of ten
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. (sehr) viele
suffix: 1. Suffix der Zehnerzahlen von 20 bis 90
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce zig?
- /tsɪç/
- Germany /tsɪk/
- Austria /tsɪk/
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to zig
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is zig in German?
zig appears 4.5 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).